If you or loved has been accused of child abuse of any form in San Diego County you need to talk to Southern California legal experts who specialize in child abuse criminal law defense. You need to take these charges serious as they can be detrimental to your record and freedom.

Types Of Child Abuse

Child abuse can occur in a child’s home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with. There are four major categories of child abuse:

Neglect

Physical abuse

Psychological or emotional abuse

Sexual abuse

Getting physically abused involves physical aggression directed at a child by an adult. Most nations have child abuse laws and consider the deliberate use of force causing injuries to a child absolutely illegal.

Rough treatment leading to physical injury is treated as physical abuse. Multiple injuries or fractures at different stages of healing can raise suspicion of abuse. Physical abuse can come in many forms, although the distinction between child discipline and abuse is often poorly defined. However, the prohibition of degrading treatment or punishment extends to corporal punishment of children.

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation. Sexual abuse refers to the participation of a child in a sexual act aimed toward the physical gratification or the financial profit of the person committing the act. Forms of CSA include asking or pressurizing a child to engage in sexual activities. Selling the sexual services of children is also treated as child abuse.

Emotional abuse is defined as the production of psychological and social deficits in the growth of a child as a result of behavior such as loud yelling, coarse and rude attitude, inattention, harsh criticism, and denigration of the child’s personality. Other examples include name-calling, ridicule, degradation, destruction of personal belongings, [torture] or killing of a pet, excessive criticism, inappropriate or excessive demands, withholding communication, and routine labeling or humiliation.

Victims of emotional abuse may react by distancing themselves from the abuser, internalizing the abusive words, or fighting back by insulting the abuser. Emotional abuse can result in abnormal or disrupted attachment development, a tendency for victims to blame themselves (self-blame) for the abuse, learned helplessness, and overly passive behavior.

Child neglect is the failure of a parent or other person with responsibility for the child to provide needed food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision to the degree that the child’s health, safety, and well-being are threatened with harm. Neglect is also a lack of attention from the people surrounding a child, and the non-provision of the relevant and adequate necessities for the child’s survival, which would be a lacking in attention, love, and nurture.

Some of the observable signs in a neglected child include: the child is frequently absent from school, begs or steals food or money, lacks needed medical and dental care, is consistently dirty, or lacks sufficient clothing for the weather.

Our Child Abuse Defense Strategy

Even though, you have been arrested or charged with doing any of the above scenarios to a child, don’t lose hope as we might be able to get your charges dropped or reduced. Our approach is to look at all facts,investigate,and look for loop holes in your charges.

You need a strong defense law team when accused of a child abuse of a any type because you can be registered as a sex offender,spend long time in jail,lose your job,lose your professional license and many other punishments that can be handed down by the court that is not pleasant.

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